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Research Article

Chemical Composition of and Inhibition of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme by Senecio samnitum huet.

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Pages 605-608 | Accepted 20 Jul 2005, Published online: 07 Oct 2008
 

Abstract

Extracts of Senecio samnitum. Huet and derived methyl ester of chlorogenic acid have been shown to inhibit angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) by using an in vitro. bioassay based on the enzymatic cleavage of the chromophore-fluorophore labeled substrate dansyltriglycine into dansylglycine, which is quantitatively measured by high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). GC/MS and NMR identified compounds present within the studied S. samnitum. extracts. The most effective fraction was obtained in ethyl acetate, which gave 52.56 ± 0.23% (SD) inhibition at 300 µg/ml. The major constituent of this fraction, the methyl ester of chlorogenic acid, showed significant ACE inhibition of 56.78 ± 0.25% at a concentration of 82.5 µg/ml.

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